Reuters witnesses heard at least three blasts in Beirut's Dahiyeh district late on Monday, as the Israeli military said it had attacked Hezbollah sites in the city. An earlier strike in Beirut on Monday killed a commander of the elite Quds Force of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, the Israeli military said. "I say here definitively...in every room and in every discussion, too: the new Israeli border must be the Litani," Smotrich said. Defence Minister Israel Katz said earlier this monththat Lebanon could face "loss of territory" if it did not disarm Hezbollah. The Lebanese government has outlawed Hezbollah military activity and said it wants to engage ​in direct talks with Israel.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 24, 2026 08:55 UTC